Reports of the secretary of the Sharon Woman Suffrage League

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Shabon. — The first meeting for this !
season was held Oct. 2, with Mrs. L. B.
C. Davenport. About 30 attended. Sev-
eral solos were finely rendered by Mrs.
Edmund Tuttle of Boston. Mr. Blackwell
was the speaker of the evening. After his
address, the president called for questions.
Mrs. Davenport said doubt had been
raised as to the success of full suffrage in
Colorado, and Mr. Blackwell replied that
there was abundant testimony to its suc-
cess in Colorado and the three other
States where it has been tested. Kev. C.
A. Perry asked if we ought to put the bal-
lot in the hands of women who are not in-
terested in politics or national issues. Mr.
Blackwell answered: "We don't raise the
question as to men whether they are
interested in politics or not." Dr. Caro-
line Hastings asked why it was not
as just for bad women to vote as for bad
men to vote. She thought that women in
general were interested enough to have

the ballot, but the only real question n
the matter is the right and wrong of it.
Mr. Perry alluded to the small number of
women whe vote for school committee.
Mrs. Davenport asked bow many men
would vote if restricted to one question
only. Mr. Blackwell then said: "The
mass of the people in the United States
do not believe in the principles of the
Declaration of Independence. The only
people who believe in a representative
government are the suffragists, and they
are fighting the battle of democracy." A
vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Black-
well for his very interesting address, and
with the usual refreshments and social
intercourse our successful "opening" was
closed. Mks. A. P. H. and G. K.

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